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Bahawalpur: Antiques worth billions of rupees recovered

Bahawalpur: Antiques worth billions of rupees recovered

BAHAWALPUR: The DeraNawabSahibPolice have recoveredartefacts, dating back to British era, worthbillions of rupeesstolen from SadiqGarah Palace, AhmedpurEast. Talking to The Nation exclusively on Monday, DistrictPoliceOfficer (DPO) SohailHabibTajik informed that PoliceguardMohammadAbbas deployed at the palace had stolen the artefacts that included two statues of the BritishPrince and Princess, guns, bullets, badges, mirrors, lamps, teacups, teapot, Huqa, daggers, and two IndianBritishPassports. He pointed out that these passports were issued in the 1941 besides the artefacts contained historic books which were related with the history of Bahawalpur State and other valuables which worthmillions of rupees. The DPO said that CopAbbas had shifted the artefacts one by one to his house.

On the tip-off of driver MohammadNazir, who also aided and abetted Abbas, the policerecovered the artefacts from a house and arrested the culprit.DPOTajik said that FIR 457-380-411 was registered against MohammadAbbas. He elaborated that due a dispute in the Nawab family, 25 persons had contacted the police who were claiming to be the real heirs to Nawabsahib. “We are referring the case to the court to decide who is the real heir to the artefacts,” he argued.DPOTajik suggested that the government should take some necessary steps to safeguard the historic treasure.